She has visited at last!

[PhunkPilot]

Alas the p*nct*re Fairy has found me. Returned to cycling around 6 months ago so I think i've done well tbh. It was typical it happened when I foolishly hadn't bothered to take my spare tubes and tools with me.

I feel like a proper cyclist now though, so onward and upward.

Happy new year all.

 

[aoj]

My first ride of 2011 on New year's day saw me with two visits!

 

[Steve H]

Yep - I carry spare tubes after a 3 mile walk home in cycling shoes early one morning.

 

[PhunkPilot]

A sound lesson learned for me thats for sure. I was only 4 miles from home but luckily the 'My other half' recovery service was in operation!

 

[tyred]

Fact of cycling life in my experience, you get no punctures for ages and then you get a spate of them in a short space of time so be prepared.

 

[xpc316e]

Fact of cycling life in my experience, you get no punctures for ages and then you get a spate of them in a short space of time so be prepared.

But only if you have left the tools and tubes at home!

 

[fossyant]

Got attacked yesterday, loads of glass in one section of Tyre & some got through.

 

[zacklaws]

[QUOTE 1281665"]
I don't understand. Does anynone not not ride with two tyres on the rim? On the Langster I have a normal road slick and over that a MTB slick that is filled with magic foam to fill the gaps. Can't remember the last time I had a puncture.
[/quote]

Last time I did that was over 20 years ago when I used to fit two tyres on each wheel on my road bike, cannot remember how I did it but it reduced punctures.

 

[Zoiders]

Just accept in your head that you are already standing in the pissing down freezing rain fixing a flat.

Everything else is a bonus after that.

 

[DJ]

The P'Fairy is a strange creature indeed, I went strait over a broken bottle in the dark the other night and no puncture at all! other times a tiny shard can cause havoc!

 

[fossyant]

[QUOTE 1281665"]
I don't understand. Does anynone not not ride with two tyres on the rim? On the Langster I have a normal road slick and over that a MTB slick that is filled with magic foam to fill the gaps. Can't remember the last time I had a puncture.
[/quote]

Very good....nice wind up !!

 

[potsy]

Wind up? I've just spent 2 hours trying to get another Marathon+ on top of a gatorskin!!!

 

[PhunkPilot]

Due to the alarming regularity of p*nct*res I now use wooden hoops! To reduce rolling resistance I use different types of wood varnish for differing terrains!